Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators

From: lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)

Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000

"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk> writes:

> The majority of email players on the Net want free games. Commercial PBM
> doesn't appeal to them and efforts made to attract them are often a waste
> of time and money.

If you say so. I disagree, and I'm happy to disagree with you.

As an example, I'd suspect that many players of free games which have
gone commercial (Atlantis and Olympia) had never played a commercial
game before. There are other games which allow you to play a small
position for free and charge for bigger positions. TKO boxing is one
such example, I think.

> >So conservative that you'd take 25% growth and be happy, instead of
> >being interested in 1000% growth or more. Ah well, your choice.
>
> PBM Companies that aim for 1000% growth, Greg, are either dreaming or
> don't mind being swamped and drowned if it does happen.

Again, you certainly have a right to your opinion. I've worked for
several companies with that kind of growth rate. No swamping involved,
but it was a business designed for growth. I wouldn't imagine any PBM
company would grow that fast for very long, but there is certainly
the realistic potential to have 10,000 players in a game.

-- g

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Re: Newsgroup suggestions - for moderators
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Tue, 22 Sep 1998 00:00:00 +0000